Ian Rankin Quotes

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

The fact that I am able to live a life and act and to do all of those things and support myself and my family is a gift.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

I don't need YouTube's money. I have my own money.

If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

If it's independent, it's because I love it... 'cause they usually end up costing me money to do.

I'm for economic independence.

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

My mother always told me, 'Don't get married. Make your own life. You don't need a man.'

No one can buy me. It allows me to devote myself completely to what I do. Knowing that I'm comfortable removes a big burden off my shoulders.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors.

There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it.

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.

I've always been pretty self-sufficient. I never had to borrow money from my mum, even in the early days.

If a woman is financially independent, she can definitely make a bigger contribution in making big decisions and contribute much more. If a woman is financially independent, she can pursue her interests, too.

There's nothing free. Stay independent and don't fall.

I do not have to depend on a man to give me bread.

Finding that financial independence away from a broken relationship is probably one of the most powerful places a woman can get to.